Economics, government & business

Lord Leitch has published his long-awaited final report about the UK’s long-term skills needs.
It recommends employers be made to sign up...

Employers and insurers broadly welcomed the publication of the long-awaited Pensions Bill last week. The Bill proposes reinstating the link...

The burden of employment legislation could be slashed after prime minister Tony Blair told every government department to reduce red...

Backbench MPs from the major UK political parties are pushing for a huge pay rise that would take their salaries...

Business leaders have set out their Christmas wish list to government as it approaches its last big parliamentary day of...

Former British Airways chief Sir Rod Eddington has published the findings of his study looking at the role the UK’s...

Jobseekers who fail to turn up for interviews to help them find work cost taxpayers at least £16m a year,...

Retail union Usdaw has welcomed support from the Scottish Labour Party for a Bill sponsored by MSP Karen Whitefield that...

Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd has written to the boss of luxury fashion firm Burberry to request that the company reconsider its...

Business leaders today insisted employers needed to “step up to the plate” to help the government fight off a skills...

Professional and managerial workers from overseas contribute £54.3bn a year to the UK economy, research out today reveals. The study,...

As the final report of the Leitch Review of UK skills is about to be published, employers need to set out their learning and development priorities, says Margaret Kubicek.

A total of £13.3bn in efficiency gains have been made as part of the Gershon Review, the government has said.
These...

Almost two thirds of business chiefs are unhappy with the government’s tax regime, according to a CBI survey.
The study of...

The Ministry of Defence has been urged to find out why less than one in 20 employers of military reservists...